#172 - Ranking Backpacking Mistakes (Tier List)

About this episode

Chad Lubinski ranks various backpacking mistakes based on his experiences on popular trails.

I’m back with another tier list, ranking backpacking mistakes from S tier (trip-ending) to D tier (annoying), based on my experience thru-hiking the John Muir Trail and Colorado Trail and doing high routes and fourteeners. ---My Socials--- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

People in this episode

Host: Chad Lubinski

Topics covered

• backpacking mistakes
• tier list
• thru-hiking
• outdoor adventures
• hiking tips

Keywords

• backpacking
• mistakes
• tier list
• John Muir Trail
• Colorado Trail
• hiking
• outdoors

Mentioned in this episode

Places: John Muir Trail, Colorado Trail

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